Why Is the Bay Area So Expensive? Understanding Housing, Jobs, and the Cost of Living If you’ve ever searched for homes in Northern California, you’ve probably asked yourself one question: Why is the Bay Area so expensive? From million-dollar starter homes to some of the highest rents in the country, the San Francisco Bay Area […]
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When the Market Goes Quiet, Pay Attention: Palo Alto & Peninsula Broker Tour Recap, Week of June 21, 2026 Lisa M. Musich, Compass Palo Alto My Musings If the Palo Alto and Peninsula real estate market had a mood right now, it would be a shrug. Not a panicked shrug, more of a collective, resigned
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What I Saw on Tour This Week: Listings Worth Knowing Lisa M. Musich, Compass Palo Alto June 9 and 12, 2026 Tuesday, June 9: San Francisco Calling Tuesday’s Menlo Park-Atherton broker tour happened without me. I traded it for a trip up to San Francisco to meet with a team I’m in early discussions with
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The BRBC, One Year In: What Actually Happened & What Peninsula Buyers Still Need to Know in 2025–26 About a year ago I wrote an introduction to the Buyer Representation and Broker Compensation Agreement – the BRBC – for buyers navigating the Peninsula market. A lot has happened since then. The law is fully in
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Median Home Price in Los Altos: A Look at the 2026 Housing Market Los Altos has long been one of the most desirable places to live in Silicon Valley. Known for its highly rated schools, beautiful neighborhoods, walkable downtown, and proximity to major technology employers, the city consistently ranks among the most expensive real estate
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Lisa M. Musich of Compass Palo Alto is doing a combo report this week featuring Tuesday June 2nd for Menlo Park and Atherton, and Friday June 5th for Palo Alto, and the contrast between the two sheets tells its own story about where this market sits as we move deeper into June. Let’s start with
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Moves & Metrics June 2026 My thought balloon at the moment… Which real estate markets will be the recipients of the AI-related upcoming IPO wealth generation? Will the executives head for Atherton? Look for an estate in Napa? A beach house in Baja? The San Francisco housing market is already white-hot, where will the money
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Palo Alto & Peninsula Real Estate: A Week in Review Lisa M. Musich, Compass Palo Alto May 30, 2026 The Week That Was Monday | Half Moon Bay & Moss Beach Memorial Day took me somewhere unexpected and entirely worthwhile: out to Half Moon Bay to show a client properties along the coast. It was
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On The Move June 2026 Photo: Saturday, May 30, 2026 Spaceship? Amoeba? Modern art? Your guess is as good as mine. This sculpture was discovered while on a walk through Stanford’s outdoor sculpture collection, a collection I didn’t even know existed until a fellow Rotarian (and Stanford insider) organized a tour. (Thank you, Hal!) As
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Menlo Park & Atherton Broker Tour: English Gardens, Price Reductions & a Market Sending Clear Signals Lisa M. Musich, Compass Palo Alto Lisa M. Musich of Compass Palo Alto wrapped up Tuesday’s May 19th Menlo Park and Atherton broker tour with two themes running through the morning in parallel: the quiet beauty of English-style gardens,
